A Lone Walk

 WHEN I had left the city street

And lost the open road,

I breathed contentedly¹ and deep

As one who shifts a load.

I wasn’t caring where I went

Or where I meant to go.

But I was tossing from my path

The brown leaves drifted so.

When I was wondering aimlessly

Just what my quest would bring.

I saw a pink arbutus bloom

And heard a warbler sing.

The sky seemed blue and higher here

Than it was back in town.

And Oh! the wind delighted me,

The way it blew around.

And then I sought the grey glen road.

Went with it thru the wood.

And in its long green isles² I walked

And worshipfully stood.{34}

My neighbor questioned from the fence

What I had seen out there?

I said I sought adventure

And I found it everywhere.

1 contentedly   

adv.心满意足地

参考例句：

• My father sat puffing contentedly on his pipe.父亲坐着心满意足地抽着烟斗。
• "This is brother John's writing,"said Sally,contentedly,as she opened the letter.

2 isles   

岛( isle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the geology of the British Isles 不列颠群岛的地质
• The boat left for the isles. 小船驶向那些小岛。